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“some days you will forget that your papi is hardworking and strong, because everyone says if you work hard enough you will make it, and he works hard everyday and has not made it and might never make it.”

if i hear “mi mami tells me to get out of the sun, mi mami tells me to put on sunblock, mi mami tells me to not go to the beach so much” i’m gonna tweak

White women’s tears stop conversations on race, class, and gender in their tracks because white women’s feelings are considered sacred. White women become untouchable in a white supremacist society. They can be racist on camera and then deny their participation in their racist actions, and people will believe it.